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Meanwhile, in US political news, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said his party would block a Republican spending bill to avert a government shutdown on Saturday and urged the GOP to accept a Democratic plan to provide funding through April 11 instead.

Equity markets have had another tough session as Trump’s latest tariffs on steel and aluminum imports came into force. The retaliation has begun, with the European Union launching countermeasures on American goods worth €26 billion.

A global selloff in stocks eased in Asian hours as U.S. equity-index futures, Treasury yields, and cryptocurrencies were all lower overnight. The Nasdaq was down 4%, the S&P 500 was down 2.7%, and the Dow Jones fell 2.08%. The S&P closed below the 200-day moving average at 5,735, with support seen at 5,400—the low from September '24. It would take a brave person to buy this dip immediately.